The White Hotel | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Bad Gastein - This is a health resort in the Austrian Alps where Lisa goes to relax during her therapy.

The White Hotel - This is the center of Lisa's hallucinations. It is a resort by a lake, surrounded by beautiful scenery.

The Black Cat - This is first found stranded in a pine tree at the white hotel and miraculously survives several other disasters and reappears in Lisa's final fantasy as Vaska.

The Left Breast - It is found in Lisa's dream, is seen by a pastor, and gives Lisa pains.

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